PA system: “Thank you for shopping JC Penney, and have a pleasant evening.”
Cynical teenage girl: “Must we?”
Tag: store
I’m Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today!
Walking into Best Buy wearing a bright blue shirt. On Christmas Eve, no less. This could get interesting. 😯
As it turned out, it didn’t. Either people weren’t quite so desperate and panicked as they often are that close to Christmas, and paid more attention, or the shirt has faded past the point of confusion. In the past, I have had people walk up to me and ask questions about pricing, where to find things, etc.
Location, Location, Location
As near as I can tell, all they sell are iPod/iPhone accessories. But they’re right across from the Apple Store.
Eliminating the BS
Signs spotted while shopping:
Iglot sounds so much like igloo that it should be a kind of building. “Take it round back to the iglot.”
If only there were a way for this to say “Teh Aid,” it would be perfect.
Behind the Times
I’ve been meaning to post these photos for a while now, but with the discussion on Netscape’s impending doom, I should post them now.
Back in February, I was wandering the aisles at Micro Center and noticed a couple of odd software titles on the shelf:
- Netscape Basics, a jewel-cased CD-ROM which contained Netscape Communicator 4.5 and boasted compatibility with Windows 95 and Windows 98.
- Opera for Windows, a boxed copy of I forget-which-version, but judging by the “New! Voice Enabled!” badge, it’s probably 8.0.
Keep in mind that this was February 2007. So that was an 8-year old Netscape box, and a 2-year-old Opera box. Netscape had been free for 9 years, and Opera had been free for 1½ years.
Someone had sensibly marked the Netscape CD down repeatedly, ending with a price tag of $0.42. I was half-tempted to buy it just to prove that I’d found it, but decided taking a picture would be better, since it wouldn’t clutter up my desk. Incredibly, no one had thought to mark down the Opera box. They were still asking $39.99 for it.
Did I mention pictures?
